[1] After the end of the transport of goods on the last functioning part of the Haarlemmermeer railway lines, between Uithoorn [nl] and the Haarlemmermeer Station, in 1972, the idea a number of tram interested parties were given the idea of remodeling this line as an electric museum tram.

The security on the line is done via a mobile telephone connection, whereby every tram of the tramway is allowed to ride a section.

Outside the normal service, several themarits were ridden such as Sinterklaas, Christmas and Oliebollen rides and 'Museumtram by Night'.

At the end point in Bovenkerk, a wye has been laid out that allows the reversal of uni-directional trams.

[4] In 2017 the driving season ended due to work on the Piet Kranenbergpad at the viaducts of the Ringweg Zuid six weeks earlier, on 10 September.

In 2020, the driving season started more than three months later than usual, after the delayed renewal of the track north of the Kalfjeslaan.

In addition to the station buildings (Haarlemmermeer and Amstelveen) there are a number of stops: at the Kalfjeslaan, Karselaan, Handweg, Noorddammerlaan (Upstairs Church) and at the wye in Bovenkerk.

Since 2014, the original statue of the Amsterdam Stedemaagd [nl] from 1883 stands next to the Koenenkade stop of the museum tram line.

This stood at the entrance of the Vondelpark at the Stadhouderskade [nl] until 2010, but was heavily subjected to decay and was replaced by a replica.

[6][7] In the new plan, adopted on 14 March 2018, no place was made for a tram yard, nor for the stretch of railway along the Havenstraat to the current end point at the Haarlemmermeer station.

[8][9][10] The new zoning plan did include a change authorisation, which meant that the municipality could still allocate parts of the housing location to the railway line and/or a parking building for a limited time.

[12][13][14][15][16] On 27 March 2019, the Council of State struck down the zoning plan for the new residential area to be built with 500 homes on the Havenstraatterrein [nl].

The tramway operated at the Karperweg for a few more months, until the replacement temporary tram pilot was built near the Jollenpad.

Initially, one tram was swayed in connection with a shuttle bus of the Amsterdam Museum Buses [nl] (BRAM) to/from the Haarlemmermeer station.

Because the power supply has been interrupted via the CFP, an aggregate has been placed at the Jollenpad that provides the voltage on the overhead line.

After more than fifty years, this has come to an end to the Karperweg draw, the starting point of the Museum tram line.

The remaining trams have been transferred to the warehouse on the Jollenpad, the Lekstraat depot [nl] and the storage facility in Aalsmeer.